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By Drs. Jan and Magda Last Friday afternoon Gorilla Doctors learned that Sekanabo, an infant male gorilla in Kabirizi group, was caught in a snare. As always in these situations there were many phone calls to the appropriate authorities within ICCN to get permission to attempt intervention if needed. One of the main ICCN Wardens, […]
Blog by: John Huston Agriculture Project Coordinator – MGVP One Health Program One of the greatest threats to the mountain gorillas living in Virunga Massif is charcoal. This may sound odd at first, but let me explain the connection. John Huston in Rumangabo investigating fuel briquette technology. People need a fuel source to heat their […]
Noel was born on Christmas Eve in 2003. He was nurtured for the first 4 years of his life by a large mountain gorilla family led by his father, Senkwekwe. They foraged peacefully on the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes above Bukima, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the summer of 2007 his […]
Kuryama group had been missing for 2 days. Sometimes groups do that – they may wander into DRC or move so quickly during or after an interaction with another group that trackers cannot find them. That must have been the case with Kuryama’s group. When they were found the morning of New Year’s Eve the […]
I received an alarming call Thursday morning from Elisabeth, our veterinary technician with RDB (the Rwandan wildlife authority). There was a 6.5 year old female gorilla in Pablo group with a snare on her left wrist. Trackers found her trailing a long rope snare in the morning and were able to cut most of the […]
Blog by: Dr. Mike Cranfield, Executive Director, MGVP, Inc. and Dr. Kirsten Gilardi, Co-Directors, Mountain Gorilla One Health Program Dr. Mike Cranfield (left) and Dr. Kirsten Gilardi (right) The United Nations designated 2009 as the Year of the Gorilla. With the world’s attention drawn to these magnificent animals, the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP) was […]
Blog by: Dr. Eddy KambaleMGVP DRC In-Country Field Veterinarian After a successful transfer of the two orphan Mountain Gorillas, Ndakasi and Ndeze, on December 1, 2009 to their new home, Senkwekwe Centre, the MGVP team continued to monitor the girls’ health as they adapted to their new environment. No way to compared it with the […]
For everybody else in Goma, Tuesday morning was like any other – sunny, hot, noisy, busy. When Ndeze and Ndakasi woke up they had no idea that this day would change their lives. But for Dr. Mike, Dr. Eddy, Dr. Jacques, Sandy (she’s in charge of gorilla orphan care in DRC and Rwanda) and me, […]
Blog by: Dr. Magdalena Lukasik-BraumMGVP Regional Field Veterinarian Last week Dr. Eddy and I spent the whole week in Kenya attending the annual meeting of PASA. PASA is the Pan-African Sanctuary Alliance, which for almost 10 years has worked to help primate sanctuaries in Africa to improve their expertise and facilities. We Gorilla Doctors became […]
Blog by: Dr. Eddy KambaleMGVP DRC In-Country Field Veterinarian The story starts with the gorilla massacres in June and July, 2007. Kabirizi and Rugendo gorilla groups both lost members. In Kabirizi gorilla group there was an adult female gorilla with a 2 month old baby. Her name was N’Sekuye, and in June 2007 she was […]
